As Russia bears down on Odesa, the elderly have no way out
The historic center of Odesa is a maze of sandbags and anti-tank barriers, as the city waits nervously for a Russian offensive. But many of its oldest residents have no plans to leave. Read more: https://wapo.st/3tMWrBo. Subscribe to The Washington…
Leaving Kharkiv: A journey south through war-time Ukraine
The Washington Post’s Whitney Leaming describes what it was like to travel from Kharkiv to Dnipro on Feb. 28 on roads now marked by checkpoints and armed men. Read more: https://wapo.st/3vm8w2y. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow…
Making Molotov cocktails, lining up for guns: Ukrainians prepare for total war
Ukraine’s government has urged its citizens to take up arms to repel the Russian invasion. From Kyiv to Kharkiv, people from all walks of life are answering the call. Read more: https://wapo.st/36MY7mv. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK…
‘Nowhere to run’: Ukrainian families crowd into metro stations
Hundreds of people in the eastern city of Kharkiv sheltered inside a subway station on Feb. 24 as Russian troops advanced on the city. Read more: https://wapo.st/3hfQCX2. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram:…
Fear and confusion in eastern Ukraine after Russian attacks
Following a night of explosions in Kharkiv, a family with a 5-month-old baby wondered what they should do next, and where they could go to find safety. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram:…
The life of a soldier on Ukraine’s front lines
Follow a battalion commander through the trenches of eastern Ukraine as he prepares his troops for a possible Russian invasion. A Washington Post team traveled to the outpost of Novotroitske, where soldiers keep their eye on nearby positions of Russia-backed…
The women who weave camouflage nets for Ukraine’s front lines
In the basement of a Kyiv museum, volunteers are hard at work sewing together strips of cloth into camouflage covers, which are used to disguise military hardware from Russian surveillance. Read more: https://wapo.st/34oXOxs. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube:…